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American Landmarks Jacket, “The Old Missions of the South West” (exact location not stated)

P and G – The White Naphtha Soap, “Egg Beater or Fork?” Full Page Ad

Holbrook, “Johnny”, by Edwin Cole, drawn by Lee Townsend

The Barrel Trap, by E.E. Harriman, drawings by F. Strothmann

The Little Heaven, by John H. Finley, painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson

“Thriends”, by Gardner Hunting, drawn by George Avison

A Night in the Ark, by Roe L. Hendrick, drawn by G.A. Harker

The Inefficiency of Ellen, by Winifred Kirkland, drawings by May Aiken

Torpedoed Without Warning, Ch. 1, The lifeboats are launched, by Paul Telford Platt, drawn by George Varian

Fact and Comment, The International Court, The Possibilites of Oil Shale, Thanksgiving, The St. Lawrence Project, Disagreements, New European Alliances

Current Events

The Last Hunt, by Gertrude West

The Kingmakers, Giving Cynthia Good Times, Tsung’s Strange Weapon, The Battle of the Mothers, Our Grandmothers’ Pie Wheels, The “Monkey’s” Gibe, Prophetic Archaeology, The Origin of “Two Bits”, Just Where He Had Left It, Rescued — In What Condition?

The Cruise of The Mary Lou, by Nancy Byrd Turner, drawn by Gluyas Williams

Paper Magic, by Margaret Ely Webb

Whistlebreeches, by Strickland Gillilan, drawn by Mary T. Ayer

The Foolish Young Mouse

A Forest Combat, A War – The Medical Board

Stamps to Stick

What They Did Not Know About Crape, Preserving Eggs Without Water Glass, Old-Fashioned Armor, Caw! Caw! Caw! Caw!, Historic Libels, As Meek As a Lion Cub

Eye Symptoms of General Diseases, Changing Fashions, A Wise German, Not the Seven-Hour Season, The Confidence of Two Robins, A Metaphorical Orgy, Clever Johnny

For October 7th, 1920. Got to love some of the ads in this one, particularly the “Union Suit” one, and the now defunct Essex Motors. Wonder why they’d advertise for autos in a kids magazine? Unless they assumed the parents would be reading it to their children or something….

The War-Trail Fort, Ch. 5, Two Crows raise their right hands, by James Willard Schultz, Drawings by George Varian

The Body-Guard, by Edwin Cole, Drawn by Rodney Thomson

The New Baltic Republics, Esthonia and Latvia, by Samuel Eliot Morison, Ph.D, Formerly American member of the Baltic Commission of the Peace Conference

On Time, by Theodora Marshall Inglis, Drawn by Dudley G. Summers

A Flight From Petrograd, Ch. 8, in which a flag goes up, by C.A. Stephens, Drawn by G.A. Harker

The “Old Diplomacy” in Europe, The Bible and Shakespeare, The Italian Outbreak, Spinning Tops

October LaCrosse, by Arthur Guiterman

The Mayflower’s Flag, The Handwriting on the Wall, Manhandling the Profiteers, An Adventure With a Tiger